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Donley said Baumgarten stuck to the language in the agreement when they met shortly after the talks ended. He said he and Cook walked away with nothing, Donley said.
The couple was no more forthcoming last week when Donley joined them for a goodbye dinner and went with them and Jeffrey to see the movie Prometheus.
Donley asked if their move out of the country was a condition of the settlement.
"They looked me right in the eyes and said, 'We can't talk about that,' '' he said.
TRANSLATIONS:
Donley said Baumgarten stuck to the language in the agreement when they met shortly after the talks ended. He said he and Cook walked away with nothing, Donley said.
This could simply mean that the settlement was made to a trust or similar single-purpose entity set up to receive the payment. It was not paid to the Cooks, so technically and legally they would be okay to deny that any money was received. The trust would be an offshore entity "managed by" the Cooks or Trustees that they elected or secured the services of. Off shore havens abound with companies that do nothing but set up trusts and manage them for the beneficial interests of a party. It would not be the Cook's money but payments could be made for a house, food and other living expenses for any duration of time, including in perpetuity.
Donley asked if their move out of the country was a condition of the settlement. "They looked me right in the eyes and said, 'We can't talk about that,' '' he said.
Yes.
MORE RANDOM NATTER:
If two parties agree to a confidential settlement, third parties would not be privy to the details about any payment, and it would not be unusual to have a trust be elected to distribute a schedule of proceeds over time upon certain terms/conditions being met and maintained. For example, if they itsa about something as simple as where they get their money from, the Trustee would have a mandate to stop payments to them.
It was a pyrhhic victory for the Cooks and the Indie Scientologists. The CoS got humiliated for a short time, but they are used to that. They get humiliated virtually every few months for the past 62 years with some explosive corruption, criminality or scandal. But, the Church beat the shit of an already weakened and beaten-to-shit enemy.
Here's what the Cook's got in the bargain. The single worst-case-scenario for a Scientologist. Being declared by the CoS that they so proudly served their entire adult lives--the church they went out of their way to brag about their continuing "good standing" status. Naturally, they got disconnected from their friends, family and own company. But here is the whopper-de-la-whopper to end all......
The Cooks got disconnected from Indie Scientology too! Nobody has managed to do that until now. Their beloved Scientology disconnected them in one fell swoop from both the CoS AND squirrel scientologists. My god, how did they ever manage that?!
They can't even enjoy the benefits of being Declared by being a squirrel and continuing their bridge to total freedom with Indie auditors!
It must be all that LRH admin tech that Debbie studied all those many years. Same tech that wound their hero, L. Ron Hubbard, up hiding in a Bluebird motorhome.
LESSON:
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Sing along) You can't always get what you postulate, but if you try some time you might find you get what you pull in. (
i.e. how many people did Debbie declare and disconnect during her tenure as CO of Flag? How many heavy-handed settlements did she have a hand in that put out the fire from a disgruntled Flag staff member or public? How many people did Debbie turn on when OSA asked for their pc folders to be culled for nasty material to make someone go away or just destroy their business or personal lives?)
CONCLUSION:
Scientology is not good for you.
Does this look like the game where everyone wins?